Garment hanger



1960 M. COHEN 7 2,944,675

- GARMENT HANGER Filed July 16, 1956 INVENT OR MAURICE COHEN agm ww ATTORNEY c I 2,944,675. 6, estranged July 12,1960

' 2,944,675 GARMENT HANGER Maurice Cohen, 3580 NW. 52nd St., Miami, Fla.

Filed July 1'6,1956,Ser.No.59 8,08'6 1 Claim. .(Cl. 211-124 'is generally formed with a horizontal supporting bar, and includes an inclined bar forme'dintgral 'with'the supporting bar. Theinner ends of the supporting. bar" and inclined bar are spaced apart andiarefl provided with inturnedprojectionsthat are received by appropriate openings in. a supporting bracket, ifixture 'for the. like;

These heretofore known: pivotal two-point 1 suspension 1" type hangers were usually provided With'some'form .of

retaining clip at the outer end thereof for retaining the trousers imposition. However, these prior known re taining clips have been found to'be objectionable since they exerted undue pressure on the trouser fabric thereby causing damage due to marking and indentation." Moreover, the trouser fabric in contact with the clips'was subjected to considerable wear due to rubbing and sliding of the trousers thereover. This wear was particularly apparent-if the trousers were moved to various positions on the supporting bar frequently, which normally occurred when the trousers were handled during the 'display thereof. s

Furthermore, when a plurality of the heretofore known two-point suspension type hangers which included the conventional retaining clips were pivotally mounted adthatare, retainedby the clip.

thereon that is adapted to positively retain trousers on the hanger without causing undue wear of the trouser fabric, due to rubbing, etc.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a garment hanger of the pivotal two-point suspension type which includes a simple yet unique clip structure that not only positively retains the garment on .the hanger but cooperates withthe garment to present a neat and an attractive display; v 7

Other objects and the nature and advantage of the instant invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, wherein: i

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of several hangers of the pivotal two-point suspension type embodied in the present invention, the hangers being shown mounted on a bracket that is illustrated in fragmentary form,

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the hanger embodied in the present invention showing one form of the clip retaining structure,

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of hanger embodied herein showing another. form of the clip that is joined to the outer end of the hanger,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of thehanger shown in Figs. 1 and 2. illustrating one position of the trousers being displayed with respect to the hanger clip structure;

in Figs. land 2 illustrating another position of the trousers with'respect to the clipstructure and showing a second pair of trousers being positioned on the trousers Referring now tothe drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2., thehanger embodied in the presentinvention is illustrated and'includes a supporting bar 10 and an inclined bar 12. The supporting bar 10 and inclined jacent to each other, pivotal movement of the hangers individuallyQritogether resulted in considerable ,Wear of the trouser fabric when the clip structure which projected from one hanger rubbed against the fabric of the trouser suspended on the adjacent hanger. This, wear wasaggravated by the factthat during this pivotal rno 'rubbing action of metal against fabric.

tion, the protruding hanger; clip movedagainst ;tl;1e fabric of-the trouseron the adjacent I hanger j in a direction parallel to the axis of' the horizontalf supporting; bar

of the adjace thanger thereby-resultingin an increased it is 'thereby' an object of the present inven ngt o provide j agarment hangentliat positively retains the bar 12 define the members of a two-point suspension type hanger andlare joined at the outer end thereof by a clip structure generally indicated at 14. The supponting bar lll'is formed with an integral inturn'ed projection 16, and similarly the inclined ,bar 12 is formed with an integral inturned projection 18. The hanger is mounted in position on any convenient rack or bracket, one form of which is shown in Fig; 1. The bracket il-. lustrated in Fig. 1 includes an upper beam 20 and ,a lower beam 22, the beams 20, 22 being suitably secured to a supporting frame 24. A similar frame (not shown) is provided for the other ends of the beams 20, 22 and the supporting frames may bemounted 'on'a wall installation orlbjeiformedas part ofa mobile floor unit. It is under stood, of course; that the two-point suspension hanger described, herein may be mounted on any conventional type of trouser {or pants rack such as the commonly known rectangularrach or it may be utilized with the .new type ofcircular. rack such as illustrated in applicants'Patent No. 52,701,646 granted FebruaryS, 1955.

garment being-displayed thereon without resulting; in

undue" yvearpof the garment -fabrici I p Anotherobject of'the"present'rnvention'is to provide a garment hanger which is formed with a clip'st'ructure thereon, the clip being adapted to positively retain trousers on the hangers without causing undue wear of the trouser fabric and to occupy as smallan area as possible in order to provide a maximum of space' forthe display of merchandise.

Still another object of the present 7 invention is to provide a garment hangerwhich is formed with a clip;

As shown in Fig. l, the-inturned projections 16,18 are received hysuit-ably positioned openings'in the upper and lower. beams 20, 22'. The hangers aretherebyni unted for convenient pivotal ,rnoyement which is necessary when displayiugtrousers on-the hangersJ, J

; 1111 :order' tojjfirmly retain, a pair, of dngtli 1 hangerembodied herein; the novel clip structure 14 is employed. The'clip structure 14 includes a bar, one

form of which is indicated at 26 in Fig. -2. The bar 26 7 is secured by brazing or spot welding to a shortened ver- 1 tical 'portion28 that is integrally joined to the support- -ing rod 10 and inclined rod 12.

and inclined rod '12 all lie substantially in the same ;the hanger are clasped by the clip structure 14, the

The bar 26, rod 10 clasped material necessarily follows a circuitous path and i ing indicated at 32., 34 respectively. With the trousers 30 draped over the supporting rod 10, the trousers are secured on the hanger by moving them forwardly towardthe clip structure 14, the leg position being moved behind the bar 26. This causes the fabric defining the leg portion 32 to engage the fabric defining the waist portion 34. The bar 26 is spaced sufficiently from the rods 10 and 12 to eliminate any undue pressure on the fabric by the metal parts and thereby reduces wear on the fabric. The fabric defining the leg portions 32. follows the circuitous path around the bar 26 and by reason of the fabric to fabric contact, the trousers are firmly retained in position on the supporting rod 10. It is seen therefore that by providing the clip structure as described there is no metal to fabric to metal pressure which is normally present in the prior known trouser retaining clips and thus the trousers clasped by the clip embodied herein will not be marked or be unduly Worn as the trousers are constantly shifted in position during the display thereof. The fabric against fabric contact induced by the arrangement of the bar 26 provides maximum friction and prevents the trousers from sliding or moving in position on the rod 10.

Since the elements of the clip 14 all lie in the same plane, the waist portion 34 as seen in Fig. may be position behind the bar 26, it being undestood that the clasping action is the same as described abovein connection with Fig. 4.

It is sometimes desirable to display more'than one pair of trousers on a single hanger and the hanger de-' scribed herein is particularly adapted for this purpose since there is no unwieldly or space consuming clip structure formed on the hanger. As illustrated in Fig. 5, a second pair of trousers indicated at 36 is draped over the trousers 30 and due to the friction of the fabric to fabric contact the second pair of trousers will be firmly retained in position It is seen that a second pair of trousers may be slipped around the clip bar in conjunction with and exactly in the same manner as the first pair of'trousers withoutexerting undue pressure or wear or rubbing of the trouser fabric due to metal to metal pressure, since retention is accomplished by causing one member of the trousers to follow the curvature of the clip bar and therefore frictionally engage the other member of the trousers.

Referring now to Fig. 3 a modified form of the clip structure is illustrated and is indicated generally at 40. The clip structure 40 is formed as an integral unit with the hanger members and 12 and includes a bar 42 that is bent double the ends of which are integrally joined to the rods 10 and 12. The function of the double bar clip structure 40 is identical to that ofthe clip structure 14 as described above and acts to positively retain'apair of trousers in position on the supporting rod 10 of the garment hanger.

Further modification of the clip structure includes the garment hangershown in Figure 3, with a 90 degree twist of the integral double bar clip about a common horizontal axis, which axis would lie in the same plane asall the members'making up said hanger. This would 4 tend to increase the frictional engagement of the trouser fabric adjacent to the clip.

It is seen that the garment hanger embodied herein includes a simple yet unique clip arrangement that not only firmly retains the trousers in position on the hanger but also presents a neat appearing arrangement. The clip structure enables the trousers to be positioned on either side of the clip barand inthis position the trouser leg and waist portions make fabric to fabric contact for maximum function. There is no metal to fabric to metal pressure and thus the fabric is not squeezed between metal parts. Damage due to markingand wear is thereby avoided. The hanger using the clip structure described above is simple to manipulate and since the cumbersome conventional clip is eliminated, the trousers are displayed to their best advantage.

It is furthermore seen that when trousers are displayed on the hangers described herein in the manner described above, the resultant appearance is one of clean line and form and that when a plurality of the garment hangers are mounted adjacent to each other, a minimum portion of the hanger is seen while a maximum of the fabric is seen which is highly desirable in garment display.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore the invention is not limited to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claim.

What is claimed is: g

In a garment hanger, a generally horizontal upper rod "for supporting trousers thereon,.an inclined lower rod, a clip structure joined to said horizontal upper rod and to said inclined lower rod at the outermost ends thereof, said'inclined lower rod defining a'supporting member for absorbing the loads carried by said upper rod, projections formed on the innermost ends of said horizontal and inclined rods for engaging a supporting structure thereby pivotally mounting said garment hanger on said supporting structure, said clip structure including a short vertical portion and a clip bar joined to said short vertical portion and extending inwardly a distance equal to a portion of said upper horizontal rod and located in spaced parallel relation with respect thereto, said clip bar and upper and lower rods being disposed in substantially the same Vertical plane so that a portion of said trousers suspended from said horizontal upper rod is forced around said clip bar, the curvature of the fabric around said clip bar causing the material adjacent said clip bar to make fabric-to-fabric contact for firmly retaining said trousers on said hanger.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Cohen Feb. 8, 1955 

